By Stella Bard, MD, as told to Kara Mayer Robinson I’ve been treating people who have ankylosing spondylitis (AS) for over 15 years in my private, community-based practice. I’ve gained many insights along the way about how to manage the…
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April 19, 2023 – More than 183,000 people in the United States died in 2019 largely because of poverty. That’s as many lives as claimed by Alzheimer’s disease, accidents, strokes, and diabetes, and 10 times the number of homicides that…
April 19, 2023 – New research is shedding light on how an infection with COVID-19 may reactivate, or even cause, psoriasis. The skin condition affects about 7.5 million adults in the United States, according to the National Psoriasis Foundation. Psoriasis…
HIV treatment (antiretroviral therapy) has changed the face of HIV/AIDS. Successful treatment now allows millions of infected people to keep the virus in check – even undetectable – and lead healthy lives. But as with all medications, it can come…
April 19, 2023 — Deborah Schranz, a 34-year-old librarian in Teaneck, NJ, has dinner with her family — including her 3- and 6-year-old sons — several nights a week, as well as Saturday lunch. Based on her Orthodox Jewish practice,…
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you really are” ~Carl Jung Yoga is often celebrated for its physical benefits: greater flexibility, increased strength, improved circulation, and so on. But nothing could have prepared me for the transformational…
By Patrick Doherty, MD, as told to Kara Mayer Robinson Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a condition that has a big impact on your spine. It literally means stiffening of the spine. You may have pain associated with the stiffness, often…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, April 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Could taxing soda cut down on the consumption of sugary drinks? That’s exactly what happened when a local “soda tax” was launched in Oakland, Calif., according to researchers…
April 18, 2023 – The FDA on Tuesday approved a second bivalent COVID-19 booster for Americans at higher risk, in the hopes of increasing the public’s protection and encouraging more people to get the vaccine, which targets both the original strain…
April 18, 2023 – Time can feel like a roll of toilet paper – it unrolls faster and faster the closer you get to the end. Psychologists and social scientists know this — that time goes faster as we age…